From patchwork Mon Feb 20 10:18:52 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Reshetova, Elena" X-Patchwork-Id: 9582449 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A94D060578 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:28:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B4CA28365 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:28:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 8F92C28851; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:28:38 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0879928365 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:28:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752563AbdBTKYZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:24:25 -0500 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:42569 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751436AbdBTKYW (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:24:22 -0500 Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 20 Feb 2017 02:24:09 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.35,186,1484035200"; d="scan'208";a="935966519" Received: from elena-thinkpad-x230.fi.intel.com ([10.237.72.69]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 20 Feb 2017 02:24:04 -0800 From: Elena Reshetova To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-audit@redhat.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, tj@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org, lizefan@huawei.com, acme@kernel.org, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com, paul@paul-moore.com, eparis@redhat.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, arnd@arndb.de, luto@kernel.org, Elena Reshetova , Hans Liljestrand , Kees Cook , David Windsor Subject: [PATCH 03/19] kernel: convert user_struct.__count from atomic_t to refcount_t Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:18:52 +0200 Message-Id: <1487585948-6401-4-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1487585948-6401-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> References: <1487585948-6401-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP refcount_t type and corresponding API should be used instead of atomic_t when the variable is used as a reference counter. This allows to avoid accidental refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free situations. Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: David Windsor --- include/linux/sched.h | 4 ++-- kernel/user.c | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 6aad885..e90396f 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ static inline int signal_group_exit(const struct signal_struct *sig) * Some day this will be a full-fledged user tracking system.. */ struct user_struct { - atomic_t __count; /* reference count */ + refcount_t __count; /* reference count */ atomic_t processes; /* How many processes does this user have? */ atomic_t sigpending; /* How many pending signals does this user have? */ #ifdef CONFIG_FANOTIFY @@ -2694,7 +2694,7 @@ extern struct task_struct *find_task_by_pid_ns(pid_t nr, extern struct user_struct * alloc_uid(kuid_t); static inline struct user_struct *get_uid(struct user_struct *u) { - atomic_inc(&u->__count); + refcount_inc(&u->__count); return u; } extern void free_uid(struct user_struct *); diff --git a/kernel/user.c b/kernel/user.c index b069ccb..d9dff8e 100644 --- a/kernel/user.c +++ b/kernel/user.c @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(uidhash_lock); /* root_user.__count is 1, for init task cred */ struct user_struct root_user = { - .__count = ATOMIC_INIT(1), + .__count = REFCOUNT_INIT(1), .processes = ATOMIC_INIT(1), .sigpending = ATOMIC_INIT(0), .locked_shm = 0, @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static struct user_struct *uid_hash_find(kuid_t uid, struct hlist_head *hashent) hlist_for_each_entry(user, hashent, uidhash_node) { if (uid_eq(user->uid, uid)) { - atomic_inc(&user->__count); + refcount_inc(&user->__count); return user; } } @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void free_uid(struct user_struct *up) return; local_irq_save(flags); - if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&up->__count, &uidhash_lock)) + if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&up->__count, &uidhash_lock)) free_user(up, flags); else local_irq_restore(flags); @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ struct user_struct *alloc_uid(kuid_t uid) goto out_unlock; new->uid = uid; - atomic_set(&new->__count, 1); + refcount_set(&new->__count, 1); /* * Before adding this, check whether we raced